Plow and cultivator.



J. M. RIVERS.

PLOW AND GULTIVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED saw. a, 1912.

Patented July 1, 1913.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS JAMES MILTON RIVERS, 0F FORT MEADE, FLORIDA.

PLOW AND CULTIVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1, 1913.

Application filed September 6, 1912. Serial No. 718,875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES M. RIVERS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Fort Meade, in the county of Polk and State of Florida, have invented an Improvement in Plows and Cultivators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to an improvement in light plows and cultivators, particularly such as are used in furrowing bet-ween rows of crops.

The invention is embodied in the construction of the beam and-the landside and the attachment of the standards thereto.

The details of construction are as hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the implement complete. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the landside. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the front portion of the landside showing the side opposite that illustrated in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section illustrating the attachment of the standards to the landside. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a lateral brace for the standard.

The beam of the implement is formed of two fiat bars 1 which are bolted together and each constructed with a lateral bend or offset 2, one of which is arranged in advance of the other. The standards 3 are likewise constructed of two flat bars which are arranged parallel but spaced apart so as toreceive the offsets or bends 2 between them and also receive the bolt 4; by which the mold-boards 5 are secured in place. Both front and rear standards are provided respectively with diagonal braces 6 and 7 one brace being arranged in the rear and the other in front, and also, with lateral braces 7 9 and 10 adapted to receive the lower ends,

or feet, of the standards 3.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, each socket is inclined slightly rearwardly. The socket 9 is closed at the bottom, or, mother words, it is provided with shoulders on three sides, as shown in Fig. 2, while the opposite socket 10 is open at the bot-tom, as shown in Fig. 3. The shoulders of the socket 9 are flush with the body of the landside, while the shoulders of the socket 10 are offset, or project laterally, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4:. By means of the sockets or shoulders as described, a single bolt 11 suifices for fastening the standards 3 firmly and securely to the landside.

What I claim is The improved cultivating implement comprising a beam, a standard formed of two bars arranged parallel and secured together, a mold-board, and a landside having its enlarged head constructed with sockets in the opposite sides, to receive the ends of the standard bars and a bolt passing through both landside and standard, as described.

JAMES MILTON RIVERS. Y

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